Types and Impacts of Hearing Loss

Question 1

Hearing Loss due to an ear infection (otitis media) can result in _____________ hearing loss

Answer 1

Conductive

Question 2

Conductive Hearing Loss causes sound to be _________

Answer 2

Quieter, NOT distorted

Question 3

Sensorineural Hearing Loss causes sound to be _______

Answer 3

Distorted, muffled, reduces the ability to hear faint sounds

Question 4

Sensorineural hearing loss is a result of damage to the ___________ or _________

Answer 4

Inner ear or Nerve Pathways to the brain

Question 5

The shape of Sensorineural hearing loss on a Audiogram is ___________

Answer 5

Sloping